WHERE LIGHT MEETS DARK
"It was a moon of Jupiter. I learned about it when I was a kid. It's not the biggest, it's not the brightest, but it's the quiet one. The one that stays in orbit no matter how the universe shifts. Just… always present."
Lily looked at him, eyes un-tensing. "Elara," she said softly, experimenting with the word on her tongue.
Brenna smiled. "Elara James-Carlston. She fits that."
"She will be an artist," Helena said. "Or a revolution. Perhaps both."
Lily rested in against Vandaulf, her cheek against his shoulder as she wrapped her arms around Elara. "She'll be whatever she wants to be. But she'll always be ours."